Our adventures with Raggedy Ann and Andy continue. Today we made the legs and feet. Did we run into any issues today? Of course! First off, somehow we lost pattern piece 4 for the upper leg. To compensate, we simply used the lower leg pattern piece 5 for both the upper and lower leg. This will probably make the doll a bit taller than called for but we are willing to live with it in order to limit wasted time and frustration. Then, after cutting out all of the needed pattern pieces, we realized we forgot to change fabrics to distinguish the shoes from the rest of the body.

So once again, our handy seam ripper to the rescue. We had to start over and cut the shoe pieces from black fabric, making sure to cut two in a reverse direction.

Another issue we ran into was connecting the shoes to the legs. The diagram on the instruction was not too clear. So a tip for anyone attempting this pattern, you need to sew the top round portion with the clipped edge onto the bottom of the leg.

Other than that, it's pretty straight forward. After sewing the legs, we turned them inside out, stuffed them with poly-fill, and now they're ready to be attached to the body. Stay tuned for the next adventure.

Other than that, it's pretty straight forward. After sewing the legs, we turned them inside out, stuffed them with polyfill, and now they're ready to be attached to the body. Stay tuned for the next adventure.